--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 58 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/58/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 58 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A large spiral sea shell.[↗](../../conch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A horn made from such a shell, blown to make a loud call or sound.[↗](../../conch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He seized the conch and blew it loudly.[↗](../../conch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The villagers blew the conches to call everyone to the temple.[↗](../../conch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sound of the conch rolled over the bay.[↗](../../conch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **conciliate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* (formal) To calm someone who is angry, or win back their goodwill, by kind or generous acts.[↗](../../conciliate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Three are Water, Air and Fire ; Fire above, Water below, and Air conciliating between them ; and the sign of these things is that the Fire sustains (volatilizes) the waters ; Mem is mute.[↗](../../conciliate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../conciliate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to conciliate his angry sister with a present.[↗](../../conciliate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king sent gifts to conciliate the angry gods.[↗](../../conciliate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A sorry note may conciliate a cross teacher.[↗](../../conciliate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **conciliation** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The act of bringing peace or agreement between sides.[↗](../../conciliation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Twenty-first Path is the Intelligence of Conciliation, and is so called because it receives the divine influence which flows into it from its benediction upon all and each existence.[↗](../../conciliation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../conciliation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **concise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Short and clear, saying what is needed in few words without leaving out important things.[↗](../../concise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of books) Shortened but still covering the main points (a concise dictionary).[↗](../../concise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write a concise summary of the story in three sentences.[↗](../../concise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her answer was concise and correct.[↗](../../concise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to be concise in your science conclusion.[↗](../../concise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The concise dictionary fits in my school bag.[↗](../../concise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Good instructions are clear and concise.[↗](../../concise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His speech was concise, just two minutes long.[↗](../../concise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **conciseness** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Saying much in few words.[↗](../../conciseness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles."[↗](../../conciseness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../conciseness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **conclude** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To conclude is to decide that something is true after thinking about the facts.[↗](../../conclude/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To conclude is to end something, or to come to an end.[↗](../../conclude/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To conclude an agreement is to arrange it finally.[↗](../../conclude/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* From the results, we concluded that plants need light to grow.[↗](../../conclude/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective concluded that the butler was lying.[↗](../../conclude/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The concert concluded with a song by the whole school.[↗](../../conclude/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · To conclude, I would like to thank my teacher.[↗](../../conclude/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The meeting concluded at four o'clock.[↗](../../conclude/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What can you conclude from the graph?[↗](../../conclude/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They concluded that the bridge was not safe.[↗](../../conclude/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Peace was then concluded, whereupon the Amazons evacuated the country.[↗](../../conclude/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hebrew version of Rabbi Judah Ha Levi concludes with the phrase, \*\* and said of him.[↗](../../conclude/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../conclude/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Would it be to bold to conclude that the Sefer Yetzirah represents the genuine fragments of Philolaus"?[↗](../../conclude/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../conclude/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The account of the origin of letters and numerals the author of the Sefer Vetzirali concludes as follows: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../conclude/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **conclusion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A conclusion is the end or last part of something, such as a story, essay or meeting.[↗](../../conclusion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A conclusion is what you decide is true after thinking about the facts.[↗](../../conclusion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science, the conclusion of an experiment says what the results show.[↗](../../conclusion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In conclusion, plants need light to grow.[↗](../../conclusion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Write a conclusion for your experiment.[↗](../../conclusion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't jump to conclusions — listen first.[↗](../../conclusion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We came to the conclusion that the dog ate the cake.[↗](../../conclusion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The story's conclusion was happy.[↗](../../conclusion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What conclusion can you draw from the graph?[↗](../../conclusion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · \[The conclusion of this story is somewhat obscure.[↗](../../conclusion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · end, leads to the conclusion that the arrancjement of the Arabic alphabet is older than that of the Hebrew, although tlie con- trary is generally believed to be the case.[↗](../../conclusion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../conclusion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I came to this conclusion in investig- ating the pronunciation of the vowels, which the reader will tind in my nNrpr: -ip;r "prT (will a\]ipear shortly i. in which 1 have discussed it at lengtii.[↗](../../conclusion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../conclusion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · After many years of study, I reached the conclusion that the Sefer Yetzirah, as the earliest Hebrew grammar, contains not only the lundamental rules of Hebrew orthography, but also an acconnt of the origin of letters and numerals.[↗](../../conclusion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../conclusion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **conclusive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Conclusive means proving something completely, so that there is no doubt left.[↗](../../conclusive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Conclusive describes a final, clear result: a conclusive win.[↗](../../conclusive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fingerprints were conclusive proof that the cat had walked on the cake.[↗](../../conclusive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One test is not conclusive; we need to repeat it.[↗](../../conclusive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team won a conclusive victory, 5–0.[↗](../../conclusive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists have conclusive evidence that smoking harms health.[↗](../../conclusive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The footage showed conclusively that the ball was in.[↗](../../conclusive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The results were not conclusive, so the experiment goes on.[↗](../../conclusive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **conclusively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that proves something completely and leaves no doubt.[↗](../../conclusively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a final way that settles the matter.[↗](../../conclusively/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The experiment showed conclusively that plants need light.[↗](../../conclusively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fingerprints proved conclusively who took the cake.[↗](../../conclusively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team won conclusively, ten goals to nil.[↗](../../conclusively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists cannot yet say conclusively why this happens.[↗](../../conclusively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The video showed conclusively that the ball crossed the line.[↗](../../conclusively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The test results conclusively ruled out an infection.[↗](../../conclusively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We can't conclusively say who won until we count again.[↗](../../conclusively/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **concoct** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or dish, often a strange one.[↗](../../concoct/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To invent a plan, story or excuse, often a false one.[↗](../../concoct/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The witch concocted a potion in her pot.[↗](../../concoct/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Iktomi concocted a clever plot to trick the animals.[↗](../../concoct/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They concocted a silly excuse for being late.[↗](../../concoct/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **concord** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* agreement and peace between people or things; harmony.[↗](../../concord/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **concourse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large crowd of people gathered or moving together.[↗](../../concourse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wide open hall or area in a station where people walk and meet.[↗](../../concourse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A great concourse of people streamed into the square.[↗](../../concourse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd filled the station concourse.[↗](../../concourse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A concourse of children ran down the hill to greet the boat.[↗](../../concourse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **concrete** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hard building material made by mixing cement, sand, small stones and water; it is soft when wet and sets very hard.[↗](../../concrete/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, made of concrete.[↗](../../concrete/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Real and definite, something you can see or touch, not just an idea.[↗](../../concrete/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "concrete evidence", "concrete objects".[↗](../../concrete/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The workers poured wet concrete for the new path.[↗](../../concrete/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't write in wet concrete.[↗](../../concrete/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge is made of concrete and steel.[↗](../../concrete/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Dog" is a concrete noun, but "joy" is abstract.[↗](../../concrete/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use concrete objects like cubes to show the sum.[↗](../../concrete/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We need concrete proof, not guesses.[↗](../../concrete/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I scraped my knee on the concrete.[↗](../../concrete/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 a.d.[↗](../../concrete/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../concrete/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 A.D.[↗](../../concrete/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../concrete/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He endeavors to show how the ideal became, after numerous emanations, more condensed, palpable and concrete.[↗](../../concrete/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../concrete/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **concubinage** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The state of living with a lover as a secondary wife; here it means lustful, unfaithful behavior.[↗](../../concubinage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.[↗](../../concubinage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../concubinage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **concubine** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* a woman who lived with a man and bore his children but had a lower standing than his wife.[↗](../../concubine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek.[↗](../../concubine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.36.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../concubine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.[↗](../../concubine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.22.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../concubine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it.[↗](../../concubine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.35.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../concubine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.[↗](../../concubine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.2.48, JPS 1917)[↗](../../concubine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number.[↗](../../concubine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.6.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../concubine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.[↗](../../concubine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.15.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../concubine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **concur** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To concur is to agree with someone or with an opinion.[↗](../../concur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To happen at the same time.[↗](../../concur/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I concur with your answer.[↗](../../concur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctors concurred that he needed rest.[↗](../../concur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · All the judges concurred.[↗](../../concur/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you concur with the author's view?[↗](../../concur/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two events concurred.[↗](../../concur/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The committee concurred with the head teacher's plan.[↗](../../concur/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **concurrent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Happening or existing at the same time (concurrent events).[↗](../../concurrent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) Meeting at the same point (concurrent lines all pass through one point).[↗](../../concurrent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (law) In a court sentence, served at the same time as another rather than one after the other.[↗](../../concurrent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two football matches were concurrent, so we could only watch one.[↗](../../concurrent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The festival had concurrent shows on three stages.[↗](../../concurrent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In geometry, concurrent lines meet at a single point.[↗](../../concurrent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The three medians of a triangle are concurrent.[↗](../../concurrent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge gave two concurrent sentences.[↗](../../concurrent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer can run concurrent tasks.[↗](../../concurrent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **concurrently** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Concurrently means at the same time as something else.[↗](../../concurrently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In law, sentences that run concurrently are served at the same time, not one after another.[↗](../../concurrently/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two films were shown concurrently on different screens.[↗](../../concurrently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She studied piano and violin concurrently.[↗](../../concurrently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Two machines ran concurrently and filled 300 bottles in an hour.[↗](../../concurrently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tests were held concurrently in all the classrooms.[↗](../../concurrently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer can run several programs concurrently.[↗](../../concurrently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His two sentences will run concurrently, so he will be in prison for two years, not four.[↗](../../concurrently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Concurrently, the second team was building the bridge.[↗](../../concurrently/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **concurring** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* agreeing with someone or having the same opinion.[↗](../../concurring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* These numbers have been a source of difference between the editors and copyists, hardly any two editors concurring.[↗](../../concurring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../concurring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **concuss** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hurt someone's brain by a hard knock to the head, so that they may feel dizzy, sick, confused or even pass out for a short time.[↗](../../concuss/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was concussed when he fell off his bike.[↗](../../concuss/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A hard tackle can concuss a player.[↗](../../concuss/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you might be concussed, stop playing straight away.[↗](../../concuss/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wearing a helmet makes it less likely you'll be concussed.[↗](../../concuss/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor checked whether she was concussed.[↗](../../concuss/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **concussion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Concussion is a brain injury caused by a hard knock to the head.[↗](../../concussion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person with concussion may feel dizzy, sick, confused or sleepy, or have a headache.[↗](../../concussion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He got concussion when he fell off his bike.[↗](../../concussion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A helmet can help prevent concussion.[↗](../../concussion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if you hit your head and feel dizzy.[↗](../../concussion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The player came off the pitch with a possible concussion.[↗](../../concussion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Signs of concussion include headache and feeling sick.[↗](../../concussion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After her concussion she had to rest for a week.[↗](../../concussion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach checked him for concussion.[↗](../../concussion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Concussion can happen even without being knocked out.[↗](../../concussion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **condemn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To condemn something is to say strongly and publicly that it is wrong or bad.[↗](../../condemn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law) To condemn someone is to give them a punishment in court, as in «condemned to death».[↗](../../condemn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To condemn someone to something is to force them into a bad situation.[↗](../../condemn/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To condemn a building is to say officially that it is not safe to use and must be knocked down or closed.[↗](../../condemn/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (church) In Christian teaching, to condemn is to judge someone guilty of sin; Christians believe Jesus came to save, not to condemn.[↗](../../condemn/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The head teacher condemned the bullying in assembly.[↗](../../condemn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · World leaders condemned the attack.[↗](../../condemn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoner was condemned to death in the old days.[↗](../../condemn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old flats were condemned and pulled down.[↗](../../condemn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His injury condemned him to a season on the bench.[↗](../../condemn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus told the woman, «Neither do I condemn you.»[↗](../../condemn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We should condemn cruelty to animals.[↗](../../condemn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Men often condemn others for what they see no wrong in doing themselves.[↗](../../condemn/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked, (Torah DEU.25.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../condemn/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The following interesting comment is from Rabbi Moses Botarel:-"It was Abraham our Father-blessed be he who wrote this book to condemn the doctrine of the sages of his time, who were incredulous of the supreme dogma of the Unity.[↗](../../condemn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../condemn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn?[↗](../../condemn/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.34.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../condemn/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?[↗](../../condemn/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../condemn/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?[↗](../../condemn/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../condemn/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **condemnation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Condemnation is strong public disapproval: saying clearly that something is very wrong or bad.[↗](../../condemnation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law) Condemnation is the act of a court sentencing someone to a punishment.[↗](../../condemnation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Condemnation of a building is an official decision that it is unsafe and must not be used.[↗](../../condemnation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The attack drew condemnation from leaders around the world.[↗](../../condemnation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher's condemnation of the bullying was very clear.[↗](../../condemnation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was strong condemnation of the cruelty to the animals.[↗](../../condemnation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the flood, the condemnation of the old bridge meant nobody could cross it.[↗](../../condemnation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoner waited in silence for his condemnation.[↗](../../condemnation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge's words were a condemnation of the whole plan.[↗](../../condemnation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The accused merchant saw by this time that his condemnation was certain, and tried to allege something in his defence.[↗](../../condemnation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have given Jacob to condemnation, and Israel to reviling.[↗](../../condemnation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.43.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../condemnation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … 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